Tom Johnson

Contributing Writer

Tom Johnson covers mostly websites (e.g., Salon, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos) for NewsBusters. He blogged frequently for the site from 2005 until 2007 and has been a regular contributor since 2011. From 1989 until 2002, he was an entertainment analyst for the Media Research Center and its spinoff, the Parents Television Council. From July 2004 until June 2005, he monitored National Public Radio for the MRC.


Latest Blogs

Lefty Bloggers: Sexual Envy Leads to Conservatism

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Blogger Blasts Christians For Denying ‘Religious Freedom’ to Satanists

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Lefty Blogger: ‘Whipped’ Christie a ‘Good Slave’ For Kochs

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Lefty Blogger: Tea Partiers Will Burn Naomi Klein’s New Book

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Amanda Marcotte: ‘Reality Itself’ a Barrier to Growth of Conservatism

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Bill Ayers: Megyn Kelly ‘Like a Cyborg… Very Metallic, Very Cold’

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Slate Writer: Voter Fraud One of GOP’s Favorite ‘Fake Problems’

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Kos: GOP Blocks the Vote ‘Because They’ve Lost America’

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Professor: ISIS ‘Extreme and Fundamentalist,’ Just Like Catholicism

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Charles Pierce: America May ‘Lose Its Mind’ Again Over Terrorism

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Daily Kos Blogger: Americans Should ‘Stop Being Idiots’ About ISIS

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Mother Jones Blogger Lauds Obama’s Lack of ‘Blood Lust’ Toward ISIS

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Charles Pierce Bashes GOP's ‘Lushly Funded Vandalism' Against Obama

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Daily Kos: ‘American Taliban' Push Missouri Abortion Law

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Jeb Too Squishy, Cruz Too 'Spittle-Flecked' to Get GOP Nod

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Drinking More Beer Leads to 'Republican Talking Points'

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Daily Kos: Scarborough on 'Meet the Press' for Elderly Right-Wingers

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Paul Waldman: Obama Takes ‘The Long View’ on ISIS, Avoids 'Anger a

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Charles Pierce: GOP’s Obstruction of Obama’s Agenda Has Caused Mas

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Reihan Salam: Mitt Should Run in 2016, And ‘Let Romney Be Romney

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